Our Physical Therapy Team
Dr. Mark Kevern
PT, DPT, SCS
Dr. Kevern earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University in 2004. He has extensive clinical expertise in treating a wide variety of patients from professional baseball, soccer, and tennis athletes to senior patients for joint replacement and fall prevention. In 2006, Dr. Kevern became a Sport Certified Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He served as the team physical therapist to the University of South Carolina Upstate athletics department. Most recently, Dr. Kevern was the Director of Clinical Education for High Point University’s DPT Program.
Dr. Kevern has presented at numerous national, regional, and local meetings and symposiums in the area of orthopedics predominantly on upper extremity sports injury and prevention. He is an active member of the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists, ASSET, the ASSET Evidence-Based Medicine Committee, and the American Physical Therapy Association.
Dr. Kevern has two peer-reviewed publications in the area orthopedics:
Kevern, MA; Beecher, M; Roa, S. Reliability of Measurement of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation, External Rotation, and Total Arc of Motion in Three Different Test Positions. Journal of Athletic Training. Sept/Oct 2014: Vol 49: (5).
Krupp, RJ; Kevern, MA; Gaines, MD, Kotara, S; Singleton, SB. Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Pain: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. JOSPT. Feb 2009: Vol 39: (2).
Duke University
Dr. April Kevern
PT, DPT
Dr. Kevern has over 10 years of experience as a PT. She received her B.S. in exercise science from Campbell University in 2003. In 2006 she graduated from Duke University with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
Dr. Kevern is an experienced orthopedic physical therapist and completed Maitland training for manual therapy and is dry needling certified. She also received advanced training in pelvic Health and treats men and women of all ages with pelvic health concerns, including chronic pelvic pain, urinary, and bowel incontinence, pre and postnatal pain/dysfunction, post pelvic and abdominal surgery management, and sexual dysfunction.
Over her career, Dr. Kevern has also worked extensively with neurological disorders including vestibular dysfunctions, balance disorders, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and more.
April is also a licensed Perrin Technique Practitioner specializing in ME/CFS and long Covid. ME/CFS self-help resource.
Originally from Charlotte, April loves living in Asheville with her husband, Mark, and their 2 children. She enjoys reading, exercise, connecting with other Asheville moms, travel, and hiking with her family.
Duke University
Dr. Rachel Shumate
PT, DPT
Rachel Shumate is an Asheville native. She has lived in other parts of NC, but this is her home. Rachel initially graduated college with a degree in photojournalism and Spanish.
As a photographer, she photographed weddings, team portraits, college advertising and assisted the team photographer for the Charlotte Hornets (Bobcats at the time) and the Carolina Panthers. Rachel also taught Spanish to middle school students for 5 years.
She then chose to pursue her doctor of physical therapy degree which combines her love for creativity, problem solving and education.
Rachel primarily treats orthopedics and loves working with all ages. She also has her certification in dry needling.
Her goal is to empower people to take care of themselves and help them live their best life! When Rachel is not working, she loves reading, redoing furniture, hiking, exercising and hanging out with her husband and 3 pups.
Western Carolina University
Dr. Annie Barnes
PT, DPT, OCS
Annie Barnes was born and raised in coastal Georgia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from the University of Georgia in 2014 and went on to attend Armstrong State University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, from which she graduated in 2018. She has become board-certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and earned her certification in dry needling.
Annie has also received advanced training in Pelvic Health through the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute. She has experience treating women of all ages with pelvic health concerns, including chronic pain in the pelvis, low back and hips, urinary and bowel incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and pre and postnatal pain/dysfunction.
She has served a variety of patients, to include orthopedic and sports injuries, post-operative recovery, spinal cord injuries, work-related injuries, chronic pain, post-partum recovery, and pelvic floor dysfunction. She has also spent an extensive amount of time working with active-duty military, veterans, and military dependents.
Annie enjoys treating each patient as an individual by taking the time to get to know and understand their lifestyles, hobbies, and personal interests in order to personalize each patient’s plan of care and physical therapy treatments.
When she isn’t working, Annie enjoys spending time with her husband, their 2 children and their dog, Murphy. She enjoys running, traveling, and exploring the outdoors with her family.
Armstrong State University
Zoie Hensley
PT, DPT
Zoie Hensley grew up in Taos, New Mexico before attending Tennessee Technological University for a B.S. in Exercise Science. Zoie went on to earn her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from High Point University. During her doctoral training she completed specialized course work including Performance Art Medicine, Advanced Sport Intervention and Assessment, Pain Neuroscience, and received a certificate in Medical Spanish.
In addition, Zoie worked at the High Point University Pro-Bono clinic to provide physical therapy to the underserved community where she helped develop a program that utilized yoga and the power of breath-work to reduce pain and improve function in patients with chronic low back pain.
In addition to her Doctor of Physical Therapy education, Zoie has personal experience with sport and injury, and is passionate about advocating for her patients and creating individualized treatments for each special patient and their goals.
Outside of the clinic Zoie enjoys drawing, listening to music, hiking, weightlifting, and snuggling with her kitty-cat Zara.
High Point university
Nathaniel Barcelona
Nathaniel is one of our front desk associates who works remotely to help with front and back-office tasks in the clinic. As a virtual assistant, he is trained to take on insurance verification, prior authorizations, claims, billing and medical scribing tasks. He is a licensed physical therapist in the Philippines. In his leisure time, he enjoys visiting his home health patients, reading finance books, and going to the gym for a workout.